(Photo: Haji Yaseen Zellmi/1936-1987) The Only Image Among our few possessions is a single, weathered photograph, the only visual evidence that my father ever walked this earth. He wears the traditional Kurdish... Read more »

Shafaq News- Middle East Senior Israeli military commanders have openly questioned the purpose of maintaining ground forces in southern Lebanon, warning that troops are being killed and wounded without clear military objectives,... Read more »

Shafaq News US President Donald Trump’s repeated decisions to postpone strikes on Iran at the request of parties involved in the conflict no longer come as a surprise. After each delay, negotiations... Read more »

Shafaq News- Baghdad Rising marriage costs in Iraq in 2026 are placing growing financial pressure on young people seeking to start families, amid increasing prices for wedding halls, dowries, gold, and other... Read more »

2026-05-20T17:08:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Middle East Canada, Spain, and France summoned Israeli diplomats on Wednesday following international backlash over the treatment of activists detained from the... Read more »

2026-05-19T20:51:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Representatives of Iraq’s minority communities and civil society organizations warned on Tuesday that hate speech, migration, and weak legal protections continue... Read more »

2026-05-19T22:39:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News A decade of papal audiences, carefully chosen gifts depicting coexistence on Kurdish soil, and a sustained presence in one of the world’s... Read more »

Shafaq News On a winter morning in eastern Baghdad, emergency room staff grew uneasy as they examined Salem (pseudonym), a nine-year-old boy brought in by a neighbor. The bruises along his back... Read more »

2026-05-18T19:27:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Washington The United States’ main concern in Iraq is the possibility of the country becoming “a subordinate state of Iran,” former Pentagon... Read more »